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Working at a funeral home, you interact with all kinds of monks.Of course, there are kind and helpful monks.But while working, there are times when you meet a monk and think,

One of the most surprising things about a monastery in Thailand was the food.The monastery actually had a chef. The meals themselves were quite substantial. I even saw well-built…

What do Buddhist monks and marathon runners have in common? According to PUMA India, quite a lot. PUMA India has launched

The victims were part of a group of 34 Buddhist monks and five lay followers undertaking a pilgrimage from a temple in Mukdahan province to another in neighboring Ubon Ratchathan…

Booze sales everywhere are in free fall. Not for this monk-made hooligan juice.

Over the last year, we've seen America's "forever war" come home. But wandering monks remind us peace is possible

The monks in their saffron robes have become fixtures on social media, along with their rescue dog Aloka

I glimpsed the monks on their 2,300-mile pilgrimage across America - their message of loving-kindness had me in tears

The monks began their journey in October 2025 and are scheduled to finish in February in Washington, D.C.

A group of Buddhist monks and their rescue dog are striding single file down country roads and highways across the South, captivating Americans nationwide and inspiring droves of…

A brief theory of young men, "the loneliness crisis," and life in the 21st century

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5 incredible facts about monks who poison themselves for 1,000 days to become mummies

Monks who failed to factor in the leap day placed spring equinox on the wrong day, which meant Ash Wednesday, Lent, Holy Week and Pentecost were also marked on the wrong day.

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